Leah sat across from Mr.Pruce as Serena watched her intently waiting for her reaction. "So you want me to talk to a psychiatrist?" she replied startled Mr.Pruce had just shared his shocking information.
Mr.Pruce laughed saying "He's not a psychiatrist, he is a Holistic Healer." he explained.
"You all think he can help me?" Leah asked as all at the table shook their heads in agreement.
"Well he helped me stop smoking." Mr.Pruce smiled.
Leah could not believe him "You quit? But you've smoked a pack a day since you were 13!" she said her mouth hanging open.
"Oh aye!" Mr.Pruce replied "But no longer my pretty lady. He helped me, and God knows if he helped an old fat bastard like me, then just think what he can do with you, a dainty little flower." Mr.Pruce smiled as he took her little hand and gave it another good squeeze. She smiled back and looked for a moment in his small green sparkling eyes; and as she looked at him Mr.Pruce was suddenly overcome with a terrible sadness and it showed on his face as he averted his gaze and took his hand off hers wiping away a small tear.
"Bengiman what is it?" Leah asked distressed by his reaction.
"It's nothing" he retorted then he opened up and spoke "It's just.., for a moment there you reminded me of your sister, and I miss her so much! And I just want you to know," he paused taking her hand in his as Charles and Serena got a little choked up as they too remembered their dear, sweet, dead friend Lexa, Leah's twin sister. "I will never let anything, like what happened to her, EVER happen to you."
Now Leah became very uncomfortable as the death of her sister's sadness fell down among them and she suddenly felt as if she was being smothered. She could feel the weight of the terrible sadness pressing her down in her chair. She spoke in a whisper as tense as wire saying "If I go see this man will you all let me go upstairs now? It's still very early and I'm tired."
"Oh of course." Serena perked up wiping a tear or two from her cheek as she stood and embraced her sister-in law "We did come too early, we were just so excited to see you." she said kissing Leah on the cheek as she led her back in the house and up to her room.
Charles and Mr.Pruce still sat at the poolside table a moment longer as Bengiman explained to Charles just where he would be taking her and giving him an envelope full of money, as the cost for a three day stay at the cleansing treatment center was over nine thousand dollars. Charles looked through one of the brochures and he was very interested by what he read. So he took the money, said goodbye to the duo and then he set about the rest of the day packing up his Jeep Grand Cherokee for the four hour drive up to the mountains of Oklahoma.
Mr.Pruce laughed saying "He's not a psychiatrist, he is a Holistic Healer." he explained.
"You all think he can help me?" Leah asked as all at the table shook their heads in agreement.
"Well he helped me stop smoking." Mr.Pruce smiled.
Leah could not believe him "You quit? But you've smoked a pack a day since you were 13!" she said her mouth hanging open.
"Oh aye!" Mr.Pruce replied "But no longer my pretty lady. He helped me, and God knows if he helped an old fat bastard like me, then just think what he can do with you, a dainty little flower." Mr.Pruce smiled as he took her little hand and gave it another good squeeze. She smiled back and looked for a moment in his small green sparkling eyes; and as she looked at him Mr.Pruce was suddenly overcome with a terrible sadness and it showed on his face as he averted his gaze and took his hand off hers wiping away a small tear.
"Bengiman what is it?" Leah asked distressed by his reaction.
"It's nothing" he retorted then he opened up and spoke "It's just.., for a moment there you reminded me of your sister, and I miss her so much! And I just want you to know," he paused taking her hand in his as Charles and Serena got a little choked up as they too remembered their dear, sweet, dead friend Lexa, Leah's twin sister. "I will never let anything, like what happened to her, EVER happen to you."
Now Leah became very uncomfortable as the death of her sister's sadness fell down among them and she suddenly felt as if she was being smothered. She could feel the weight of the terrible sadness pressing her down in her chair. She spoke in a whisper as tense as wire saying "If I go see this man will you all let me go upstairs now? It's still very early and I'm tired."
"Oh of course." Serena perked up wiping a tear or two from her cheek as she stood and embraced her sister-in law "We did come too early, we were just so excited to see you." she said kissing Leah on the cheek as she led her back in the house and up to her room.
Charles and Mr.Pruce still sat at the poolside table a moment longer as Bengiman explained to Charles just where he would be taking her and giving him an envelope full of money, as the cost for a three day stay at the cleansing treatment center was over nine thousand dollars. Charles looked through one of the brochures and he was very interested by what he read. So he took the money, said goodbye to the duo and then he set about the rest of the day packing up his Jeep Grand Cherokee for the four hour drive up to the mountains of Oklahoma.
